W 63 kg 1 PRK PAK Hyon Suk 1 110 1 137 247.0 GR Jerk, GR 2 MAC LIU Xia 3 103 2 118 221.0 3 CHN GUO Xiyan 2 110 3 110 220.0 GR Snatch M 77 kg 1 KOR KIM Kwanghoon 2 153 1 199 352.0 GR Jerk 2 CHN LIAO […]
It is with great sadness that I inform you all of the untimely passing of young Asiri De Silva from Sri Lanka . We all remember that only a few weeks ago, young Asiri won the silver medal in the Junior 105+kg category at the Commonwealth Championships in Penang , Malaysia . It is indeed […]
Lu Xiaojun (CHN – 77kg) received the ELEIKO-IWF Press Commission’s Best Male Lifter Award and Jang Mi-Ran (KOR +75kg) was given the ELEIKO-IWF Press Commission’s Best Female Lifter Award. The Awards were presented by Alain Lunzenfichter, Chairman of the IWF Press Commission, and Dr. Tamás Aján, IWF President. On behalf of the IWF and the […]
Nearly 200 weightlifters, including members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team and 2009 Senior World Team, will compete at the American Open in Mobile, Ala., Dec. 11-13. Among the athletes scheduled to participate in the event are 2009 Senior World Team member Sarah Davis (Rincon, Ga.) and two-time Olympian Chad Vaughn (Norman, Okla.), who will […]